Global private equity firm The Carlyle Group announced that David Balint has been appointed as director of Carlyle Asia Leveraged Finance Group, based in Sydney. He will manage the teams investment strategy in Australia and New Zealand, reporting to Eric R. Mason, head of Carlyle Asia Leveraged Finance Group. Balint has commenced employment with the firm.
With 12 years of investment banking experience in complex debt structuring, arranging and advisory, Balint joins Carlyle from Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ). He was a Director of the Leveraged & Acquisition Business based in Sydney for four years, leading deal sourcing and arranging and underwriting leveraged and acquisition transactions supporting the Financial Sponsor community and Australian companies. Prior to this, Balint worked with ANZs Project & Structured Finance offices in Melbourne and London where he was a financial advisor and arranger/underwriter to the Project Finance markets in Australia, Europe and the Middle East.
David brings extensive experience and contacts across the Australian and New Zealand leveraged finance markets, and we are pleased to have him join our team, says Mason. Davids addition underscores Carlyles continued confidence in the investment opportunities in leveraged finance within the Asia Pacific region. Adding a senior executive based in Sydney to work with our investment professionals in Tokyo and Hong Kong also reaffirms the teams commitment to maintaining a strong local presence in its core markets.
Balint earned his Master of Finance and Bachelor of Business (economics & finance) degrees at RMIT University in Melbourne.